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I have a large machette which I was given by a mountain guide while working in Philppines it was hand made by him.
the problem is it is being looked after by a friend out there how can i get it back to britain can it be posted?
Any help or ideas
yes
I export loads of knives though the post without any trouble. The best way to wrap it in a layer of cardboard first, bubblewrap etc next and then you can put some paper or part of a bin liner around that.
Longstrider
15-09-2005, 21:42
Any blade can be sent through the normal postal service as long as it is well wrapped for saftety's sake. I recently bought a batch of knives froma dealer in the US and had them sent by post with no problems at all. The knife / blade being sent does NOT have to be legal carry here in the UK. As long as it is not on the "Banned Items" list (Things like gravity knives, flick knives and balisongs) you have a perfect right to own the thing so sending and recieving it should be no trouble. Just make sure your friend wraps the thing well.
My blade in the Philippines is refer to it as a balisong, but this is only local name for it. It is a working tool not a small blade.
Not sure as it is the same as one on banned list, have pics but not sure how to post them
e-mail your pictures to me.. tomwhite101*gmail.com (replace the * with @) and i will host them and post them for you!
gregorach
16-09-2005, 11:17
The illegal balisong is the "butterfly" knife - the one with the hinged two-part handle that you flip around the blade. Basically a low-tech flick-knife.
If yours is a machete-style fixed blade you'll be fine - as far as the law's concerned, a fixed balde (or a locking folder) is a fixed blade, and there's no legal difference (AFAIK) between an Opinel no 8 and a ruddy great claymore. Of course, it's more difficult to come up with a legally-recognized "reasonable purpose" for carrying a claymore... ;) But you can own / make / import one perfectly legally.
heres a pic of the blade..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/tomwhite101/DSCN1033Medium.jpg
its not what the law would consider a 'balisong' and you should have no problems with importing it to the UK to the best of my knolage.. though someone smarter than me will be able to comfirm this for you with the help of above image!
HTH :cool:
OldJimbo
17-09-2005, 05:17
It's called a bolo by westerners and should be called "ethnic tool" on the package.
More here on Phillipines page for anyone interested
Valiantco (http://www.valiantco.com/)
and here:
Old Blades (http://old.blades.free.fr/)
And I sure like yours!
That's just a fixed blade, but do make sure the word balisong dosn't appear on the package or customs declaration. Call it a machette and there should me no problem if it is well packed, most of the blades I use in making are imported by me and never had a single hiccup.